Bukit Merah is the storage place for the by-products resulting in the processing of amang (tin-tailings) from our tin mining industry in order to obtain precious rare earth metals which are in big demands for the electronic industries and other sophisticated equipments, machinery and control systems, TVs, cars and medical equipments.

When one processes amangs (the byproducts of casserterites from tin tailings.... and there are plenty of the around in mining areas like Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kampar etc) for the rare earth metals)... the waste (unused portions) from the amang processing contains uranium and thorium metals which is radioactive....as present in the original amang itself. Since uranium and Thorium are possible fuels for nuclear power plants, they are being stored for possible use as reactor fuels in the near future. The place where we store them at a secured place in Bukit Merah....for possible use as fuel for our nuclear plants in the future. Therefore we are saving resources for future uses....rather than throwing them away or selling them.

India uses Thorium for its nuclear power plants. China and Brazil are keeping the rare earth minerals from being exported as they consider them as strategic minerals. Amang business is a big business in Malaysia. We can see them being stored in compounds by the roadsides or in sheds. Yet we are not concerned about the natural radiation from these amang mounds.

What people do not know is that the miners and amang dealers have been handling natural radioactive materials without any qualm. But when it is processed they raised hell. If you go and visit these amang dealers, they live on them....with sleeping beds above these amang mounds in their sores or shop houses. But the real irony is that our politicians or environmentalists do not raise any eye-brows or shouts about the living conditions and how these amangs are being handled or managed!

At the moment AELB are monitoring these amangs to ensure that the workers do not get exposed to too much radiations from the natural radioactive thorium/uranium and that they do not get discharged into the environm,ent.

PakNgah.

thanx pakngah..

so, there is no big issues here..

no leaking and whatsoever la kan?

cause some of the bloggers raise the issue about bukit merah..

they said that it is somehow leak and the gomen just shut the mouth all the people involves,, is that true? org sekeliling saya ni sebok nak kata bukit merah x selamat la, apa la.. but the fact is, they got the fact from the wrong people.. they didnt come to see people in the field.. and when the right people speaks up, they will said, typical nuclear scientist and blablabla..

thanx again :)

zhafran06ms

Hi,

We have the most advance technology there is for the storage of Thorium and Uranium "wastes" or by-products after the processing of amang (rare earth minerals...tin tailing industry). These are in actual facts are our assets...Uranium and Thorium...the fuels of the future for Malaysia. Perhaps you should go to AELB anf find out more. You can see the designs and how these materials are being stored and monitored. They are the best....even some developed countries do not have such facilities.

Many of us are scared of the unknown....due to lack of knowledge, gullibility and easily manipulated by people with political agendas. Na6tural radiations are right in ou backyards. I will not live next to a coal fired plant compared to a nuclear plant. The amount of pollution and radioactivity emissions from the stacks of coal fired plants are more than that we are worried about from Bukit Merah or Lynas. Its a tragedy...... that many of us are not thinking rationally, we are more subjected to emotions and herd mentality. Of course we are deeply driven by political agendas at the expense of national and economic development. We are moving away from advance technologies and perhaps living in hopes and leaving our future to faith.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

its been almost a year since my last post, and im kinda lost my appetite in writing..

hahaha.. so guys, whats up? missing me? pls dont, coz i barely wrote a good article..

so, this time, i want to make up to u guys..

so, almost a year, lots happened during that time, sweet and sour of course.. well, i dont want to remember the bad ones, so do i still have to write about the good ones? naaahhh!! so, next post, i will post the pix for what i have done in the past 1 year gap we didnt meet :)

hmm, im going to tell you what happen today.

9am: class

11am: end class

3pm:pick up salihin

330pm: PORT DICKSON

530pm: REUNION!!!!

hell yeah!! reunion.. ive been organising reunion for many yrs, but i think this one kind of special.. i dont know why, but it is.. well, its not that grand, but, the most important thing, we made it.. so, im going to have a full blast today, and hopefully, all goes well :)

p/s 1: i will be out for few days, so meet u guys on monday night!!!

p/s 2: now im watchinggossip girl!!! so, its all about gossiping today!!! :)